Community Occupational Therapist and Senior Occupational Therapist

Job summary

About the role

To apply for this role, please click the link under "supporting links" on the right hand side to apply on the Leeds City Council jobs website.

The Team has recently been expanded, and another 3 Community OTs have been added to the existing team of 3 Senior Occupational Therapists, 2 Community Occupational Therapists and 2 Occupational Therapy Assistants.

We are looking for a Community Occupational Therapist, who can demonstrate on-going experience in assessing and reviewing a variety of moving and handling cases and other cases with a complex care package, to work as part of a citywide team.

The post holders must be able to work within a team, but also autonomously manage their own workload.

The team will work closely with the Social Workers in the team.The Occupational Therapy team will initially focus on:

• people who have been discharged from hospital, with a new package of care, where there are two carer staff members
• people who would benefit from a full functional assessment, with an aim to reduce the package of care, where the social worker identifies areas that could be looked at from an OT perspective, where an OT has not previously been involved, or where there is no equipment currently in place.
• Professional supervision and line management are provided by a Disability Team Manager, who is a registered OT.

Main duties of the job

About you

It is an exciting time to come and work in Leeds City Council to be a part of the Integrated Reviewing Team, with Occupational Therapists and Social Workers working closely together to ensure that people are receiving the appropriate level of care and support, by doing right fit assessments and reviews.

We encourage our staff to grow their career with us, from students and newly qualified Occupational Therapists through to senior and experienced managers. Continued Professional Development (CPD) is at the heart of our practice and staff are given half a day a month to develop this. There is a clear career progression pathways and work to ensure that there is the right balance between support and challenge in all roles.

Opportunities are available to be involved in development work within the Council and with other agencies and we provide opportunities for all our registered OTs to support student education and to gain skills in the supervision and support of unregistered staff and new graduate OTs.

For an informal discussion please contact: Lauren Kemp, Occupational Therapy Team Manager, Enhanced Reviewing Team: Tel: 07545604163

Email: lauren.kemp@leeds.gov.uk

About us

What we offer you

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range ofstaff benefitsto help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further